Bitly Compromised, Users Should Change Passwords

Another day, another security breach online. Bitly–the popular link-shortening tool–says that it may have been breached, leaving users vulnerable. The potential attack was announced in a security update post on the company’s blog, which explains why the service disabled Facebook and Twitter account integration.

By disconnecting Bitly from social networks, private information can be protected if a breach did actually occur. Even though the post says that a breach is likely, CEO Mark Josephson has yet to be informed of any accounts being accessed by hackers.

Breach At Bit.ly Blamed On Offsite Backup Storage Provider

URL shortening service says user database may have been compromised through backup data.

A breach of customer data at URL shortening service Bit.ly was likely caused through unauthorized access of offsite backup data maintained by a third-party hosting provider, company officials say.

In a blog posted over the weekend, Bit.ly offered further explanation of its customer database breach, which was first reported on May 8. The compromise forced the company to invalidate all Twitter and Facebook credentials of its users and initiate a breach investigation.